Separable fastener.



P. PHILLIPS. SEPARABLE FASTENER. APPLICATION, FILED MAR. 9. 1911.

1,068,530. Patented July 29,1913.

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Be it known that I, PAU- rAoL' rnihmrs, or ALLENVILLE; ILLINois.

V .snrnaannn FASTEN -L I Plain 111 s, a citiresiding at Allen- Zen of the United States,

in the county ofMoult'rie and St-ate'of ville,

' Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in parahle Fasteners ,,o'f

which thefollo'wi'ng is a specification.-

This invention relates to an improved separable fastene'n-and, has for-an object to provide 'a'fasten'er adaptable to shoes, garments, and to any other usewherein arelativelyflat and-adjustable device is desired.

. I Another object. of this inrention is to prog v vide alight two-piece fastener, the members of which may .be adjustably coupled .to-. gether, and one which, when interlocked,

I will'yield or' expandunder increasedpres e rious sizes as, needed.

and the merits thereof and-also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, 4

sure. A v 'The' inventionfunther'aims to prov de afastener which maybe economically made from lengths ofwire of adaptable thickness which are twisted and curved into the de sired form, and which-maybe made in va- For a full understanding of the invention reference is to'be had tozthe following dethe diverging arms of the catch m'emberof the fastener which are suitably stitched to scription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the fastener disclosing-the members separated one from the other; Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same; and, Fig. 3 is similar View disclosing the members'in te'rlocked.

Corresponding and like parts are referred" to-in the following description and indicated in all-the views of the drawing by the same 1 10 of the. member '13; and the reference characters. v

Referring to the drawing 10 designates I the flap'll-of a garment, or the like, by the eyes 12 overturned upon the outer ends; of

the arms 10. .The inner ends of the armsv10 are cnrvedjmward toward one another as -nt'13. and terminate in, and are formed in tegrnlly with, the loop or catch 14. The loop 14 is substantially circular and extends back .at-an acute angle in the direction of, and

' helwe'enethearms'w'to form the catch. The

'mtohme'mber is relatively flat, as the] arms I10 and eyes l2' l1e}' catch 14 nlone 'hnw in the some plane-,fthe

. sp ica'tibi iiied ll'tarch 9,

and 17 are drawn or pressed Serial M51335;

i arsena of Letters Patent. I fatg tgdirfily 1911. f

turned 'upon their outer 'ends fo r stitching the loop member upon the opposite flap-17. flhe innerends ofthe arms 15 are turned. inward,- as at 18, an'd' are twisted loosely about-one another .to provide a series of loops 19 extending longitudinally in the plane of the loonmember. Thcrossed portions-20 ofthcjloop member form the outer closed-ends of the several loo l s19, the outer most loop 1.9'se'rvin'g as a fi iiger gras operating the fastener. The sides 0 .viding springs to admit creased tension; The diverging of the arms 10- and 1510f; the membersfurthers this the flaps 11 spring or yielding actiom v In interlocking the member's,

bring the regist'e'rin grasping the outermost loop 19 with the fingers of the opposite hand and drawing "the flap 17 over towardthe flap 11. The:

flaps can be contracted, however, as when gg applied to; a. shoe, by simply drawingthe loop member over toward the catch member with one hand;

It will be notedthat the ends 10 of the member 13 are located at a greater distance 9 apart than the transverse readth of the loops 19. Therefore, when it is desired to 'disconnectone of the loops 19 from the loop 14 the finger may-be passed between the ends loops 19 may be pushed inward while the loop 14 is moved toward the portions 15 of i the other securing member. This also enablesthe end loop 21 ,to lie snugly between g the end portions 10 i th member en 100 v engagements h w in v l the parts are in Fig.3. 7 1 v When the members are brought together and: drawn as tight. asdesired', the adjacent- 1 v loop 19 is pressed in over thecatch 14, the 1 v latter binding-againstthe adjacent crossed portions- 2O to hold: the members'i'n'int'er-' locked position. When undue strain. is ex-. e rted upon the flap g H v "g. its outerend extend, the snmepthe ,sprlng'portions 21 yield orno" ing slighilyjbeyond the outer side of'the 1 1 member.

5 1'1- and. 17,150 separate bend and admit of a slight separation of the Cooperating with the memberofthe y f the loops-19 are bentangnlarly, as at -2 1, pro-fof the yielding ac- .ilOIl'Qf the loop member when under. in-

togethertoi member's together."

Thls operation is -e' ected, preferably, bygo holdingthe fia'p'llurigid with one hand and succession of Asillustrated, the improved funk-f tenor is formed of two lengths of wire which are so bent and twisted as to produce the two members of the fastener.

In the application of this fastener to a shoe, or other device, now requiring a large number of buttons, Clasps, or the like, a rela tively small. number of these separable fasteners is required as the diverging arms 10 and 15 extend over a considerable space of the flaps 11 and 17. c

Having thus described the invention, what 7 of said loops being free to move with relation to each other, a second member also formed from wireand having at a point between its ends a loop which is disposed at Copies of this patent may be obtained for an acute angle to the general plane of the member, the loops upon the first-mentloned member being adapted to receive the loop provided upon the last-mentioned member, whereby the said members are resiliently held in engagement with each other, and

the ends of. the last-mentioned member being spaced apart for a greater distance than the transverse breadth of the loops upon the first-mentioned member, whereby the fingers may be inserted between the ends of-the sec- 0nd mentioned member to disconnect the members.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

'PAUL PHILLIPS. a 5.

Witnesses:

ANDA F. BURWELL, FRANCIS C. GRAHAM.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

